'Culmination' definitions:
Definition of 'culmination'
From: WordNet
noun
A final climactic stage; "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development" [syn: apogee, culmination]
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(astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon
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The decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play" [syn: climax, culmination]
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Definition of 'Culmination'
From: GCIDE
- Culmination \Cul"mi*na"tion\ (k[u^]l`m?-n?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F.culmination]
- 1. The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'culmination'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accomplishment,
- acme,
- acme of perfection,
- apex,
- apodosis,
- apogee,
- bitter end,
- brow,
- cap,
- catastrophe,
- ceasing,
- cessation,
- climax,
- close,
- closure,
- cloud nine,
- coda,
- completing,
- completion,
- conclusion,
- consummation,
- crack of doom,
- crest,
- crown,
- culmen,
- curtain,
- curtains,
- death,
- decease,
- denouement,
- destination,
- destiny,
- doom,
- edge,
- effect,
- end,
- end point,
- end result,
- ending,
- envoi,
- epilogue,
- eschatology,
- expiration,
- extreme limit,
- extremity,
- fate,
- final result,
- final solution,
- final twitch,
- final words,
- finale,
- finality,
- finis,
- finish,
- finishing,
- fulfillment,
- full development,
- goal,
- heaven,
- heavens,
- height,
- high noon,
- highest pitch,
- highest point,
- izzard,
- last,
- last act,
- last breath,
- last gasp,
- last things,
- last trumpet,
- last word,
- last words,
- latter end,
- limit,
- maturation,
- maturity,
- maximum,
- meridian,
- mountaintop,
- ne plus ultra,
- no place higher,
- noon,
- omega,
- payoff,
- peak,
- perfection,
- period,
- peroration,
- pink,
- pink of perfection,
- pinnacle,
- pitch,
- point,
- pole,
- quietus,
- realization,
- resolution,
- resting place,
- ridge,
- ripeness,
- rounding off,
- rounding out,
- seventh heaven,
- sky,
- spire,
- stoppage,
- stopping place,
- summit,
- swan song,
- term,
- terminal,
- termination,
- terminus,
- tip,
- tip-top,
- top,
- topping off,
- topping-off,
- ultimate,
- upmost,
- upper extremity,
- uppermost,
- utmost,
- vertex,
- very top,
- windup,
- Z,
- zenith